diff --git a/scripts/pi-hole/php/func.php b/scripts/pi-hole/php/func.php
index ce2e2824..712e588a 100644
--- a/scripts/pi-hole/php/func.php
+++ b/scripts/pi-hole/php/func.php
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ function validDomain($domain_name, &$message = null)
 
 function validDomainWildcard($domain_name)
 {
+    // Skip this checks for the root zone `.`
+    if ($domain_name == '.') {
+        return true;
+    }
     // There has to be either no or at most one "*" at the beginning of a line
     $validChars = preg_match('/^((\\*\\.)?[_a-z\\d](-*[_a-z\\d])*)(\\.([_a-z\\d](-*[a-z\\d])*))*(\\.([_a-z\\d])*)*$/i', $domain_name);
     $lengthCheck = preg_match('/^.{1,253}$/', $domain_name);